Common Weakness Enumeration

Browse CWEs ranked by the number of vulnerabilities referencing them, and pivot to weakness details, mitigations, and related attack patterns.

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769 CWEs

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CWE Name Mapping usage Occurrences
CWE-822 Untrusted Pointer Dereference Allowed 690
CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Allowed 665
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Allowed-with-Review 660
CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions Allowed 627
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials Allowed-with-Review 599
CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Discouraged 577
CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Allowed-with-Review 564
CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) Allowed 549
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Allowed 527
CWE-415 Double Free Allowed 516
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference Allowed 512
CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Allowed 462
CWE-346 Origin Validation Error Allowed-with-Review 452
CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Allowed 452
CWE-497 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere Allowed 438
CWE-613 Insufficient Session Expiration Allowed-with-Review 436
CWE-201 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data Allowed 435
CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Allowed-with-Review 430
CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts Allowed 429
CWE-197 Numeric Truncation Error Allowed 424
CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Allowed 416
CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') Allowed 413
CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion Allowed-with-Review 396
CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Allowed 386
CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information Allowed 383
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Allowed 382
CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Allowed 381
CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling') Allowed 372
CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path Allowed-with-Review 372
CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element Allowed 360
CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Allowed-with-Review 359
CWE-789 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value Allowed 356
CWE-248 Uncaught Exception Allowed 356
CWE-617 Reachable Assertion Allowed 353
CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Allowed-with-Review 336
CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Allowed 331
CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Allowed 329
CWE-1220 Insufficient Granularity of Access Control Allowed 328
CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection') Allowed 304
CWE-359 Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor Allowed 304
CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data Discouraged 283
CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties Allowed 278
CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input Allowed 274
CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index Allowed 258
CWE-707 Improper Neutralization Discouraged 249
CWE-1336 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine Allowed 232
CWE-93 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection') Allowed 231
CWE-749 Exposed Dangerous Method or Function Allowed 230
CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs Allowed 227